Leading up to the November elections, the Project on Civic Reflection and Mikva Challenge joined with WBEZ to invite Chicago residents to think and talk together about how we participate in democracy--and what we hope for when we do.

On Monday, June 18, on the occasion of the National Conference on Volunteering and Service in Chicago, leaders in the world of service and volunteering gathered at WBEZ to consider "Service in an Age of Inequality."

A group of 31 teachers, students, principals, and others in education from a wide range of schools around Chicago gathered in WBEZ's Community Room for an in-depth discussion about teaching, learning, and power.

A group of 24 leaders from a wide range of civic and community organizations around Chicago gathered in WBEZ's Jim and Kay Mabie Performance Studio on Monday for an in-depth discussion about the meaning of 9/11, now and going forward.